Multi-mode terminal device

ABSTRACT

A mobile terminal device of the invention is a mobile terminal device capable of placing and receiving calls by first identification information, and of placing and receiving calls by second identification information, and is characterized by having a mode changing section that changes a mode among a first mode, a second mode and a common mode, and an outgoing call control section which places a call by the first identification information in the first mode, places a call by the second identification information in the second mode, and places a call by either the first identification information or the second identification information in the common mode.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal device, and moreparticularly, to a mobile terminal device having two telephone numbers.

BACKGROUND

Conventionally, in mobile terminal devices such as cellular telephonesand the like, more advanced functions have been incorporated into theapparatuses, and it has been carried out that the apparatus has aplurality of pieces of terminal identification information, and usesthese pieces of terminal identification information separately. Forexample, Patent Document 1 discloses a communication terminal apparatusthat is provided with a plurality of pieces of terminal identificationinformation and that is capable of making an optimal setting inaccordance with the terminal identification information.

-   [Patent Document 1] Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No.    2006-14355

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Each of many users of mobile terminal devices such as cellulartelephones and the like shares a single mobile terminal device betweenbusiness use and private use. In such users, there is a demand forseparate use of different telephone numbers in business use and privateuse. Further, as well as private use, it is considered that the useruses the mobile terminal device for temporary use such as acommunication number for an event, representative number of a circle andthe like, and in such a case, there is a demand for setting of adifferent telephone number dedicated to temporary use.

In the above-mentioned conventional technique, for example, it isassumed that an external number and an extended number are distinguishedto be set, and it is not intended to use different numbers separatelybetween business use and private use or between normal use and temporaryuse. Accordingly, under present circumstances, such a mobile terminaldevice has not existed that has functions suitable for such separateuse.

It is an object of the invention to provide a mobile terminal devicehaving functions suitable for separate use between business use andprivate use, between normal use and temporary use, and the like.

A mobile terminal device of the invention is a mobile terminal devicecapable of placing and receiving calls by first identificationinformation, and of placing and receiving calls by second identificationinformation, and is characterized by having a mode changing section thatchanges a mode among a first mode, a second mode and a common mode, andan outgoing call control section which places a call by the firstidentification information in the first mode, places a call by thesecond identification information in the second mode, and places a callby either the first identification information or the secondidentification information in the common mode.

According to this configuration, the apparatus has two pieces ofidentification information, for example, a normal telephone number for anormal mode and an additional telephone number for an additional mode,and is thereby capable of exerting functions suitable for separate usebetween business use and private use, between normal use and temporaryuse and the like. Further, the apparatus has the common mode enablinguse of both of the identification information, and is thereby capable ofbeing applied also to the case without the need of separate use.

The mobile terminal device of the invention preferably has a firstaddress book for the first mode, a second address book for the secondmode, a display section that displays information in the mobile terminaldevice, and a control section that displays information of the addressbook in the display section corresponding to each mode.

In the mobile terminal device of the invention, the control sectionpreferably displays only the information on the first address book whena call is received in the first mode, displays only the information onthe second address book when a call is received in the second mode, anddisplays the information on the first address book and the secondaddress book when a call is received in the common mode.

In the mobile terminal device of the invention, the control sectionpreferably displays incoming call information in a display formdifferent from a display form of an incoming call to the firstidentification information when a call is received at the secondidentification information in the first mode.

In the mobile terminal device of the invention, the outgoing callcontrol section preferably places a call by the identificationinformation corresponding to a type of the address book in placing thecall from the address book in the common mode.

In the mobile terminal device of the invention, the outgoing callcontrol section preferably places a call by the identificationinformation corresponding to descriptions of a history of incoming andoutgoing calls in placing the call from the history of incoming andoutgoing calls in the common mode.

The mobile terminal device of the invention preferably has a powersupply control section that sets a power supply OFF mode on an incomingcall to the first identification information or the secondidentification information.

In the mobile terminal device of the invention, the power supply controlsection sets the power supply OFF mode corresponding to switchingbetween the first mode, the second mode and the common mode.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a systemincluding a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of themobile terminal in the system as shown in FIG. 1;

FIGS. 3( a) to (f) are diagrams to explain changes in screen in making asetting for a multi-number service;

FIGS. 4( a) to (c) are diagrams illustrating display forms of addressbooks in the mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of theinvention;

FIG. 5 is a flow diagram to explain display forms in incoming calls inthe mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of the invention;

FIGS. 6( a) to (c) are diagrams illustrating display forms in incomingcalls in the mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of theinvention;

FIGS. 7( a) to (e) are diagrams illustrating display forms in incomingcalls in the mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of theinvention;

FIGS. 8( a) to (c) are diagrams illustrating display forms of historiesof incoming calls in the mobile terminal device according to theembodiment of the invention;

FIG. 9 is a flow diagram to explain reception of an e-mail in themulti-number service;

FIGS. 10( a) to (e) are diagrams showing display screens for Web mailsin the mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of theinvention;

FIG. 11 is a flow diagram illustrating procedures for transferring a Webmail to an i-mode mail in the mobile terminal device according to theembodiment of the invention;

FIG. 12 is a flow diagram to explain the operation in power supply OFFmode in the mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of theinvention; and

FIGS. 13( a) to (c) are diagrams illustrating descriptions of a menu inthe mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a systemincluding a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment of thepresent invention. The system as shown in FIG. 1 is mainly comprised ofa mobile terminal 1, a mobile communication center 3 connected to themobile terminal 1 via a mobile communication network 2, and a Web server5 connected to the mobile communication center 3 via a network such asthe Internet 4 and the like. Further, the mobile terminal 1 has anoperating system (mobile OS), and a browser function, viewer function,JAM (Java Application Manger) and other functions operate on the mobileOS.

The mobile communication network 2 is a network between the mobileterminal 1 and mobile communication center 3. The mobile communicationnetwork 2 includes a mobile packet communication network, in addition tothe normal mobile communication network. The mobile communicationnetwork center has, for example, an i-mode (registered trademark) serverand the like, serves the gateway function for connecting the mobilecommunication network 2 and the Internet 4, and more specifically, hasan information distribution function, mail transmission/receptionfunction, mail storage function, customer management function,information provider management function, and information fee chargingfunction. The network includes the Internet 4 and other networks suchas, for example, LAN, WAN and the like.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of themobile terminal in the system as shown in FIG. 1. In addition, theconfiguration as shown in FIG. 2 is simplified to explain the invention,and is assumed to have components mounted on an ordinary mobileterminal.

The mobile terminal 1 is mainly comprised of a control section 11 thatcontrols the entire apparatus, a communication control section 12 thatcontrols wireless communication via an antenna, an input section 13 toinput various kinds of information and data, a display control section14 that controls display of various kinds of information and data in adisplay 15, an allocation section 16 that allocates data to apredetermined storage area corresponding to the mode, a storage section17 that stores various kinds of data, a power supply control section 18that switches the power supply ON/OFF corresponding to the mode, a modechanging section 19 that changes the mode among the normal mode that isthe first mode, additional mode that is the second mode and the commonmode in the mobile terminal 1, and an application control section 20that controls startup of various kinds of applications.

The communication control section 12 controls wireless communicationwith another mobile terminal and another communication device, and thelike, For example, the communication control section 12 places andreceives calls to/from another mobile terminal and another communicationdevice, and transmits and receives mail to/from another mobile terminaland another communication device. The communication control section 12places a call from a telephone number corresponding to the mode. Forexample, the section 12 performs outgoing call control to place a callby the normal telephone number in the normal mode, place a call by theadditional telephone number in the additional mode, and further, place acall by either the normal telephone number or the additional telephonenumber in the common mode.

The communication control section 12 transmits mail from the mobileterminal 1 in the normal mail address, while gaining access to a Webmail site to transmit a mail in the additional mail address. Meanwhile,the communication control section 12 receives a notice of reception whena Web mail is received at the additional mail address. Further, thecommunication control section 12 provides instructions to transfer theWeb mail received at the additional mail address to the normal mailaddress.

In placing a call from the address book in the common mode, thecommunication control section 12 performs the outgoing call control toplace a call by the identification information corresponding to a typeof address book. In other words, when a call is placed in a state wherethe address book is displayed in the display 15 in the common mode, thecall is placed by the identification information corresponding to thetype of displayed address book (normal address book, additional addressbook and address book without setting). For example, a call is placedfrom the normal telephone number when the call is placed from the normaladdress book or the address book without setting, while being placedfrom the additional telephone number when the call is placed from theadditional address book.

Meanwhile, in placing a call from a history of incoming and outgoingcalls in the common mode, the communication control section 12 performsthe outgoing call control to place a call by the identificationinformation corresponding to descriptions of the history of incoming andoutgoing calls. In other words, when a call is placed in a state wherethe history of incoming and outgoing calls is displayed in the display15 in the common mode, the call is placed by the identificationinformation corresponding to the descriptions (destination name,destination telephone number, source name, and source telephone number)of the displayed history of incoming and outgoing calls. For example,when a call is placed from the source name in the history of incomingand outgoing calls, the call is placed from the telephone numbercorresponding to the address book with which the source name isregistered.

The input section 13 is a portion for a user to enter various inputsinto the mobile terminal 1. By the input section 13, the user is capableof inputting various kinds of data, and performing operations such asON/OFF of the power supply, mode change and the like.

The display control section 14 has the viewer function, and displays avariety of data and information in the display 15. Further, the displaycontrol section 14 formats the data and information in a predetermineddisplay form to display. Furthermore, the display control section 14displays the data and information selected corresponding to each mode ofthe mobile terminal 1, for example, the information of the address bookin the display. For example, corresponding to the mode, the displaycontrol section 14 restricts the display of indication of an incomingcall, history of incoming and outgoing calls, history of transmitted andreceived mails, pictogram for an unread message and the like. In otherwords, the display control section 14 displays only the information onthe normal address book when a call is received in the normal mode,displays only the information on the additional address book when a callis received in the additional mode, and displays the information on thenormal address book and the additional address book when a call isreceived in the common mode.

More specifically, when the mobile terminal 1 is set for some mode (forexample, the normal mode), the display control section 14 displays theinformation of the address book registered with the mode or the commonmode in the display 15. In other words, when the terminal 1 is set forsome mode, the display control section 14 does not display theinformation of the address book of the other mode (for example, theadditional mode) in the display 15, or changes the display form andrestricts to the minimum information to display. For example, when acall is received at the additional telephone number in the normal mode,the display control section 14 displays in the display 15 the incomingcall information in a display form different from that of a callreceived at the normal telephone number.

The allocation section 16 allocates mails received at the mobileterminal 1 to folders A and B, 17 d and 17 e, of the storage section 17for each mode. For example, the allocation section 16 allocates a mailsent to the address for the normal mode to the folder A17 d, whileallocating a mail sent to the address for the additional mode to thefolder B17 e. In addition, in this embodiment, the mail to the addressfor the additional mode is a notice of reception of a Web mail or SMSmail (short mail).

The storage section 17 includes the normal mode address book 17 a withwhich are registered objects set for the normal mode, additional modeaddress book 17 b with which registered are objects set for the normalmode, address book 17 c without setting with which are registeredobjects without setting, folder A17 d for storing mails sent to theaddress set for the normal mode, and folder B17 e for storing mails sentto the address set for the additional mode.

The power supply control section 18 sets a power supply OFF mode on anincoming call of the normal identification information or additionalidentification information. Herein, the power supply OFF mode is givinga response for power supply OFF while switching OFF the power supply ina virtual manner as a power supply OFF mode. For example, when thenormal telephone number is set for the power supply OFF mode, the powersupply control section 18 sets the OFF mode on the power supply for acall received at the normal telephone number. The power supply OFF modecan be realized by setting the existing public mode or driving mode, forexample. In this state, when a call is placed to the normal telephonenumber, the mobile terminal 1 performs the out-of-service operation (forexample, announcement of OFF of power supply or out-of-service is made),and the call cannot be established.

The power supply control section 18 sets the power supply OFF modecorresponding to switching between the normal mode, additional mode andcommon mode. When the power supply OFF mode is set in each mode, thepower supply OFF mode can be identified on the screen. It is possible toidentify the power supply OFF mode on the normal telephone number in thenormal mode, identify the power supply OFF mode on the additionaltelephone number in the additional mode, and identify the power supplyOFF mode on the normal telephone number and additional telephone numberin the common mode. Accordingly, in this case, the display controlsection 14 displays an indication of the power supply OFF mode (forexample, an indication showing out-of-service) in the display 15corresponding to the mode.

The mode changing section 19 changes the mode among the normal mode,additional mode and common mode by an input of the user. In addition,for a setting of mode for using a plurality of telephone numbers and asetting of the power supply OFF mode, since such settings are performedon the network side, the mobile terminal 1 requests the setting to themobile communication center 3 via the mobile communication network 2,and the mobile communication center 3 makes the mode setting.

The application control section 20 executes an application programcreated in an application language (for example, Java (registeredtrademark) language) according to an instruction of the control section11. The application control section 20 starts up the application betweenthe mobile terminal 1 and the mobile communication center 3 whennecessary.

Described next are the functions of the mobile terminal 1 with theabove-mentioned configuration.

In the service using the above-mentioned mobile terminal 1 i.e. theservice (herein, referred to as a multi-number service) enabling aplurality of telephone numbers to be used, the network side makes asetting for enabling/disabling the service. Accordingly, only when thesetting for enabling the service is made, the functions on themulti-number service are enabled.

In the case of making a setting (setting ON) of the multi-numberservice, for example, a network service (NW service) is selected on themenu screen of the mobile terminal 1 as shown in FIG. 3( a). When the NWservice is selected, the mobile terminal 1 communicates with the mobilecommunication center 3 via the communication control section 12. Then,the screen as shown in FIG. 3( b) is displayed. When the multi-numberservice is selected on the screen, the screen as shown in FIG. 3( c) isdisplayed. In addition, when accessing the multi-number, entry of apassword is requested, and the password is checked.

When “Yes” is selected on the screen as shown in FIG. 3( c), through thescreen as shown in FIG. 3( d), the screen is changed to the screen ofFIG. 3( f) when the user has the contract to receive the service, whilebeing changed to the screen of FIG. 3( e) when the user does not havethe contract to receive the service. Meanwhile, when “No” is selected onthe screen as shown in FIG. 3( c), the screen returns to the screen asshown in FIG. 3( b). Further, in the case where the setting of themulti-number service has already been made, when the multi-numberservice is selected on the screen as shown in FIG. 3( b), the screen ischanged to the screen as shown in FIG. 3( f).

In the case of receiving a call given a service code specific to themulti-number service when the service is not set yet, such a messagepops up that “the multi-number service has not been set. Do you want tomake the setting ON?” after finish of the call. Meanwhile, when theservice is set, in the case of receiving a call without the contract forthe service i.e. a call without the service code specific to theservice, such a message pops up that “the setting of multi-numberservice is made OFF because of no contract for the multi-numberservice”, and the setting is made OFF. In addition, when the setting ismade OFF, beforehand divided folders and groups are left unchanged.Further, also when a card for the terminal, e.g. a FOMA (registeredtrademark) card is attached or removed to/from the main body, theprevious setting information can be transferred without change.

When the setting of multi-number service is made ON, it is possible toexert the functions suitable for separate use between business use andprivate use, between normal use and temporary use, and the like. Forexample, requests are satisfied to use two telephone numbers and mailaddresses separately according to the usage, hide the existence of onetelephone number and mail address and the like.

In the service, the mobile terminal 1 has three modes, i.e. common mode,normal mode and additional mode. The common mode is a mode enabling thenormal telephone number (normal mail address) and the additionaltelephone number (additional mail address) to be used separately. Thenormal mode is a mode used in the normal telephone number (normal mailaddress). In this normal mode, it is not recognized on the screen thatthe setting of multi-number service is OFF. In other words, in orderthat the existence of the additional mode is not recognized, the displaycontrol section 14 does not display the information related to theadditional mode in the display 15. The additional mode is a mode used inthe additional telephone number (additional mail address).

In the mobile terminal 1, when the mode is changed, in other words, whenthe user performs the operation of changing the mode in the inputsection 13, the mode changing section 19 changes the mode among thecommon mode, normal mode and additional mode. In this case, the displaycontrol section 14 displays a pop-up message for asking a mode to shiftin the display 15. Further, for the operation of changing the mode, inorder to keep others from knowing the operation method, the user iscapable of registering the operation at a user's discretion.

For the address book, the mobile terminal 1 has at least the normaladdress book for the normal telephone number and the additional addressbook for the additional telephone number. In this embodiment, theterminal 1 has in the storage section 17 the normal address book 17 a,additional address book 17 b, and address book 17 c without setting.Objects for which a call is placed and received in the normal telephonenumber are registered with the normal address book 17 a, objects forwhich a call is placed and received in the additional telephone numberare registered with the additional address book 17 b, and objectswithout the setting for using the normal telephone number or theadditional telephone number are registered with the address book 17 cwithout setting.

These address books 17 a to 17 c are displayed according to the mode bythe display control section 14 as shown in FIG. 4. In other words, inthe common mode, as shown in FIG. 4( a), displayed are all of theaddress book without the setting, normal address book (shown by A inFIG. 4), and the additional address book (shown by B in FIG. 4). In thenormal mode, as shown in FIG. 4( b), displayed are the address bookwithout the setting and the normal address book. In the additional mode,as shown in FIG. 4( c), displayed are the address book without thesetting and the additional address book.

The mobile terminal 1 has the common mode, normal mode and additionalmode as described above, displays only the information on the normaladdress book when a call is received in the normal mode, displays onlythe information on the additional address book when a call is receivedin the additional mode, and displays the information on the normaladdress book and the additional address book when a call is received inthe common mode. For example, when the normal mode is set, the terminal1 does not display the information of the address book of the additionalmode in the display 15. By this means, it is possible not to display aspecific partner in the history of incoming and outgoing calls.Alternately, when the normal mode is set, the terminal 1 changes thedisplay form, and restricts the information of the address book of theadditional mode to the minimum information to display. By this means, itis made possible to cause the user to recognize that the incoming callis to the telephone number corresponding to the mode different from thecurrent mode (such a telephone number exists in the address bookcorresponding to the other mode.)

FIG. 5 is a flow diagram to explain display forms in incoming calls inthe mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of the invention.When a call is received at the mobile terminal 1 in a state where themulti-number service is set (ST11), the mobile terminal 1 determines amode that is currently set (ST12). When the mode is the common mode, thecontrol section 11 refers to the address book in the storage section 17(ST13). At this point, since the mode is the common mode, the controlsection 11 refers to all of the normal address book 17 a, additionaladdress book 17 b and address book 17 c without the setting. Then, whena telephone number of the originating side is registered with theaddress book, the telephone number is subjected to a reverse search, thename and designation are extracted, and the display control section 14does not change the display form (ST14), and displays the telephonenumber, name and designation in the display 15 (ST15). For example, inthe common mode, when a call is received from an object for which a callis placed and received in the additional mode, as shown in FIG. 6( a),the name and telephone number reversely searched from the additionaladdress book are displayed in the display 15. At this point, the display15 also displays an indication of the additional mode (“additionalnumber” in FIG. 6( a)).

When the current mode is the normal mode, the telephone number isdetermined (ST16), and when the incoming call is to the normal telephonenumber, the control section 11 refers to the address book in the storagesection 17 (ST17). At this point, since the mode is the normal mode, thecontrol section 11 refers to the normal address book 17 a and addressbook 17 c without the setting. Then, when a telephone number of theoriginating side is registered with the normal address book, thetelephone number is subjected to a reverse search, the name anddesignation are extracted, and the display control section 14 does notchange the display form (ST18), and displays the telephone number, nameand designation in the display 15. Meanwhile, when the incoming call isto the additional telephone number, similarly, the control section 11refers to the address book in the storage section 17 (ST17). At thispoint, since the mode is the normal mode, the control section 11 refersto the normal address book 17 a and address book 17 c without thesetting. In this case, since the call is received at the telephonenumber of the additional mode in the normal mode, the display controlsection 14 changes the display form of the additional telephone number(for example, changes the color) (ST20), and displays only the telephonenumber in the display 15 (ST21). For example, in the normal mode, when acall is received from an object for which a call is placed and receivedin the additional mode, as shown in FIG. 6( b), the telephone number isdisplayed in the display 15 with the display form changed.

When the current mode is the additional mode, the telephone number isdetermined (ST22), and when the incoming call is to the normal telephonenumber, the control section 11 refers to the address book in the storagesection 17 (ST23). At this point, since the mode is the additional mode,the control section 11 refers to the additional address book 17 b andaddress book 17 c without the setting. In this case, since the call isreceived at the telephone number of the normal mode in the additionalmode, the display control section 14 changes the display form of thenormal telephone number (for example, changes the color) (ST24), anddisplays only the telephone number in the display 15 (ST25). Meanwhile,when the incoming call is to the additional telephone number, similarly,the control section 11 refers to the address book in the storage section17 (ST23). At this point, since the mode is the additional mode, thecontrol section 11 refers to the additional address book 17 b andaddress book 17 c without the setting. Then, when a telephone number ofthe originating side is registered with the additional address book, thetelephone number is subjected to a reverse search, the name anddesignation are extracted, and the display control section 14 does notchange the display form (ST26), and displays the telephone number, nameand designation in the display 15 (ST27). For example, in the additionalmode, when a call is received from an object for which a call is placedand received in the additional mode, as shown in FIG. 6( c), thetelephone number, name and designation are displayed in the display 15without changing the display form of the telephone number.

As described above, in some mode except the common mode, when a call isreceived at the telephone number for the other mode except the commonmode, the information of the address book is not displayed, display ofmissed call is not performed, and the call is not recorded in thehistory of incoming and outgoing calls. Meanwhile, in some mode exceptthe common mode, when a call is received at the telephone number for thesame mode except the common mode, the information of the address book isincluded to be displayed, display of missed call is performed, and thecall is recorded in the history of incoming and outgoing calls. Forexample, as shown in FIG. 7, in the case where the mobile terminal 1 isset for the normal mode, when a call is received at the additionaltelephone number, as shown in FIG. 7( a), the terminal 1 sounds and/ormoves for the incoming call, but the information of the address book isnot displayed. Instead, by changing the display color of the telephonenumber or the like, the display form is changed. Then, as shown in FIG.7( b), display of missed call is not performed, and as shown in FIG. 7(c), the call is not recorded in the history of incoming and outgoingcalls. Meanwhile, in the case where the mobile terminal 1 is set for thenormal mode, when a call is received at the normal telephone number, theinformation of the address book is displayed in the sound and/or motionfor the incoming call. Then, as shown in FIG. 7( d), display of missedcall is performed, and as shown in FIG. 7( e), the call is recorded inthe history of incoming and outgoing calls.

In other words, for the history of incoming calls, in the common mode,as shown in FIG. 8( a), the display 15 displays both a call received atthe normal telephone number and a call received at the additionaltelephone number. In this case, the call at the additional telephonenumber is displayed to be identified (display of “addition”). In thenormal mode, as shown in FIG. 8( b), only calls received at the normaltelephone number are displayed, without displaying calls received at theadditional telephone number. In the additional mode, as shown in FIG. 8(c), only calls received at the additional telephone number aredisplayed, without displaying calls received at the normal telephonenumber. In this case, the calls at the additional telephone number aredisplayed to be identified (display of “addition”).

In the multi-number service, when a call is placed to a personregistered with the address book, in other words, when the address bookis displayed and a displayed object is selected to place a call, thecall is placed by the telephone number associated with the address book.In other words, the call is placed according to the mode in the case ofno setting, while being placed from the normal telephone number in thecase of the normal mode, or being placed from the additional telephonenumber in the case of the additional mode. In addition, when a call isplaced by directly inputting a number to dial in the input section 13,the telephone number can be selected for each call in the common mode,the normal telephone number is used to call in the normal mode, and theadditional telephone number is used to call in the additional mode.Further, for calling from the history of incoming and outgoing calls, atelephone number (the normal telephone number or additional telephonenumber) used in placing (receiving) a call is used to call.

In the multi-number service, as well as the normal mail address, anadditional mail address is given. This additional mail address is a mailaddress for Web mail. When a mail is transmitted to the additional mailaddress, the Web server 5 transmits a notice of reception by i-mode(registered trademark) mail via the mobile communication center 3.Further, SMS (short mail) can be received at the additional mailaddress.

FIG. 9 is a flow diagram to explain reception of an e-mail in themulti-number service. When receiving a notice of reception or SMS to theadditional telephone number (ST31), the mobile terminal 1 determines acurrent mode. For example, it is determined whether the current mode isthe additional mode (ST32). Then, when the mobile terminal 1 is set forthe additional mode, the mail of the notice of reception and SMS areallocated to the folder B17 e of the storage section 17 (ST33). Then, atthe time of displaying the Web mail in the display 15, the additionaladdress book is referred for the mail address displayed on the browser(ST34), and when the address is found, the name of the address book,designation, history and the like are displayed on the browser (ST35).In addition, the address book to be referred to is all of the addressbooks 17 a, 17 b and 17 c in the common mode, while being the addressbook 17 c without the setting and the additional address book 17 b inthe additional mode.

When the mobile terminal 1 is set for the normal mode, the mail of thenotice of reception and SMS are allocated to the folder B17 e of thestorage section 17 (ST36). In this case, the display control section 14does not display the folder B17 e in the display 15. Further, in orderto keep the reception from being known, the display control section 14does not display a pictogram for an unread mail (ST37).

For the Web mail, display is made as shown in FIGS. 10( a) to (e). Inother words, when a Web mail is selected on the screen as shown in FIG.10( a), the screen changes as shown in FIG. 10( b), and when a passwordis input on the screen to log in, the screen as shown in FIG. 10( c) isdisplayed. Then, for example, when a list of received mails is selectedon the screen, the screen as shown in FIG. 10( d) is displayed, and whena list of transmitted mails is selected, the screen as shown in FIG. 10(e) is displayed.

Further, in mail transmission, for the normal mail address, the mobileterminal 1 is capable of transmitting the mail, but for the additionalmail address, since the mail is a Web mail, the mobile terminal 1 gainsaccess to the Web server from the communication control section 12 viathe mobile communication center 3 to transmit a mail. Accordingly, onthe menu screen of the mobile terminal 1, a menu enabling access to theWeb mail site is provided in the common mode and additional mode. Thismenu is formed by embedding the URL. For the SMS, since the mail can betransmitted also to the additional telephone number, it is possible totransmit the mail in association with the address book in the commonmode, to transmit the mail from the normal telephone number in thenormal mode, and to transmit the mail from the additional telephonenumber in the additional mode.

In the mobile terminal 1, in the case where a Web mail is not displayedcompletely, the Web mail is transferred to the telephone number of themode using the i-mode mail when the Web mail is received. By this means,even when the Web mail is not displayed completely, the Web mail can bedisplayed completely as an I-mode mail. Further, according to suchprocedures, during the use of a plurality of mail addresses, when anyone of the mail addresses is restricted on use, it is possible to useboth the mail addresses irrespective of restriction on function.

FIG. 11 is a flow diagram illustrating procedures for transferring a Webmail to an i-mode mail. The mobile terminal 1 receives a notice ofreception by i-mode mail, and browses the Web mail (ST41). When the Webmail is not displayed completely in browsing the mail (ST42), the Webmail is transferred to the normal mail address. In other words,“transfer to the basic address (normal mail address)” is activated(ST43) to instruct transfer (ST44, ST45). By this means, the Web server5 transfers the Web mail to the normal mail address for i-mode mail(ST46). The mobile terminal 1 receives the Web mail as an I-mode mail(ST47). Then, the Web mail is displayed in a perfect form in the display15.

In the multi-number service, when the common mode is set, it is possibleto set one of the telephone numbers for the power supply OFF mode usingthe power supply control section 18. Further, it is possible to set theadditional telephone number for the power supply OFF mode in the normalmode, and it is possible to set the normal telephone number for thepower supply OFF mode in the additional mode. In this way, since theoperation of the power supply OFF mode is performed in association withthe mode, it is possible to cope with cases that the user does not wantto respond to an incoming call for the mode different from the currentmode and the like. For example, when different telephone numbers areused separately between business use and private use, it is possible toprevent a business call from reaching during the private time. Inaddition, this power supply OFF mode can be set in the mobile terminal 1with ease for each telephone number as in the public mode (drivingmode). For example, by displaying “out-of-service” and the like, thepower supply OFF mode can be confirmed in the display 15. In this case,it is possible to confirm the OFF mode on the normal telephone number(basic number) and the additional telephone number in the common mode,to confirm the OFF mode on the normal telephone number (basic number) inthe normal mode, and to confirm the OFF mode on the additional telephonenumber in the additional mode.

FIG. 12 is a flow diagram to explain the operation in the power supplyOFF mode in the mobile terminal device according to the embodiment ofthe invention. When a call is received at the mobile terminal 1 in thecommon mode (ST51), it is determined whether the power supply OFF modeis set (ST52). When the power supply OFF mode is set on the additionaltelephone number of the additional mode (additional number mode), thecurrent mode of the mobile terminal 1 is determined (ST53). When thecurrent mode is the additional mode, the power supply OFF operation isperformed (ST55). In other words, display of out-of-service is performedin the display 15. When the current mode is the normal mode (basicnumber mode), it is determined whether the call is to the basic number(normal telephone number) (ST45). When the call is not to the basicnumber, since the call is to the additional number, the power supply OFFoperation is performed (ST55). In this case, display of out-of-serviceis not performed in the display 15. Meanwhile, when the call is to thebasic number, the incoming-call operation is performed (ST56). Further,when the mobile terminal 1 is in the common mode, the incoming-calloperation is performed (ST56).

When the power supply OFF mode is set on the normal telephone number ofthe normal mode (basic number mode), the current mode of the mobileterminal 1 is determined (ST57). Then, when the current mode is thenormal mode, the power supply OFF operation is performed (ST55). Inother words, display of out-of-service is performed in the display 15.When the current mode is the additional mode (additional number mode),it is determined whether the call is to the additional number(additional telephone number) (ST58). When the call is not to theadditional number, since the call is to the basic number, the powersupply OFF operation is performed (ST55). In this case, display ofout-of-service is not performed in the display 15. Meanwhile, when thecall is to the additional number, the incoming-call operation isperformed (ST56). Further, when the mobile terminal 1 is in the commonmode, the incoming-call operation is performed (ST56).

Thus, the mobile terminal device according to this embodiment has thenormal mode, additional mode and common mode, has the normal telephonenumber for the normal mode and the additional telephone number for theadditional mode, further has the normal address book for the normaltelephone number, the additional address book for the additional number,the display section for displaying the information in the mobileterminal device, and the control section for causing the display sectionto display the information of the address book corresponding to the modein the mobile terminal device, and is thereby capable of exerting thefunctions suitable for separate use between business use and privateuse, between normal use and temporary use, and the like.

Further, in the mobile terminal 1, it is possible to set a standbyscreen for the common mode in the common mode, to set a standby screenfor the normal mode in the normal mode, and to set a standby screen forthe additional mode in the additional mode. Furthermore, in the mobileterminal 1, incoming-call settings such as ring alert, incoming callscreen, vibration sound/motion pattern and the like can be set for eachof respective calls at the normal telephone number and the additionaltelephone number. In other words, it is possible to make respectiveincoming call settings for the normal mode and the additional mode inthe common mode, to make incoming call settings for the normal mode inthe normal mode, and to make incoming call settings for the additionalmode in the additional mode.

Moreover, in the mobile terminal 1, it is possible to set an answerphone and transfer phone on each of the normal telephone number andadditional telephone number. It is possible to make such settings onboth of the normal telephone number and additional telephone number inthe common mode, to make such settings on the normal telephone number inthe normal mode, and to make such settings on the additional telephonenumber in the additional mode. In addition, for display of an icon fornotifying of an answer phone, for example, notification of the number ofanswer phones for each of the normal telephone number and additionaltelephone number is displayed to enable the notification to berecognized by icon in the common mode, notification of the number ofanswer phones to the normal telephone number is only displayed in thenormal mode, and notification of the number of answer phones to theadditional telephone number is only displayed in the additional mode.

Further, descriptions of the menu can be set on the additional telephonenumber and additional mail address. In the common mode, as shown in FIG.13( a), the telephone numbers and mail addresses of both modes aredisplayed in the display 15. In the normal mode, as shown in FIG. 13(b), the normal telephone number and normal mail address are displayed inthe display 15. In the additional mode, as shown in FIG. 13( c), theadditional telephone number and additional mail address are displayed inthe display 15.

The mobile terminal device of the invention is a mobile terminal devicecapable of placing and receiving calls by the first identificationinformation, and of placing and receiving calls by the secondidentification information, has the mode changing section that changes amode among the first mode, the second mode and the common mode, and theoutgoing call control section which places a call by the firstidentification information in the first mode, places a call by thesecond identification information in the second mode, and places a callby either the first identification information or the secondidentification information in the common mode, and is thereby capable ofexerting the functions suitable for separate use between business useand private use, between normal use and temporary use and the like.

The invention is not limited to the configuration described in theabove-mentioned embodiment, and the display form on the screen and thelike are capable of being carried into practice with modificationsthereof as appropriate without departing from the scope of theinvention. The above-mentioned embodiment describes the case of settinga plurality of address books individually, but the invention may beconfigured in that objects for the normal mode and objects for theadditional mode are registered with a single address book, and thatidentifiers to distinguish between the normal mode objects andadditional mode objects are given to virtually generate the address bookfor the normal mode and the address book for the additional mode.Moreover, the embodiment is capable of being carried into practice withmodifications thereof without departing from the scope of the invention.

The invention claimed is:
 1. A mobile terminal device capable of placingand receiving calls by first identification information, and of placingand receiving calls by second identification information, comprising: amode changing section that changes a mode among a first mode in whichcalls are placed and received using the first identificationinformation, a second mode in which calls are placed and received usingthe second identification information and a common mode in which thefirst identification information or the second identificationinformation can be selectively used; and a control section that performscontrol so as to cause a display section to perform display in a displaymode corresponding to the first mode when an incoming call is receivedto the first identification information in the first mode and cause thedisplay section to perform display in a display mode different from thedisplay mode corresponding to the first mode when an incoming call isreceived to the first identification information in the second mode. 2.The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising: afirst address book for the first identification information; and asecond address book for the second identification information, whereinthe control section performs control so as to display information on thefirst address book on the display section when an incoming call isreceived to the first identification information in the first mode andso as not to display information on the first address book on thedisplay section or so as to display the information on the first addressbook restricted to minimum information on the display section when anincoming call is received to the first identification information in thesecond mode.
 3. The mobile terminal device according to claim 2, whereinthe control section performs control so as to display the minimuminformation so that it is possible to identify that an incoming call isreceived to the first identification information not in the first modebut in the second mode.
 4. The mobile terminal device according to claim3, wherein the control section changes the display color of the minimuminformation when an incoming call is received to the firstidentification information in the first mode.
 5. The mobile terminaldevice according to claim 2, wherein the minimum information is atelephone number of the transmitting side corresponding to the firstidentification information.
 6. The mobile terminal device according toclaim 1, wherein the control section performs control so as to performdisplay of absence on the display section when an incoming call isreceived to the first identification information in the first mode andso as not to perform display of absence on the display section when anincoming call is received to the first identification information in thesecond mode.
 7. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, whereinthe control section performs control so as to display, when an incomingcall is received to the first identification information in the firstmode, the incoming call on the display section as a history of incomingcalls for the first mode and so as not to display, when an incoming callis received to the first identification information in the second mode,the incoming call on the display section as a history of incoming callsfor the second mode.
 8. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1,wherein the control section performs control so as to display, when anautomatic telephone message is recorded in the first identificationinformation in the first mode, a report of the number of automatictelephone messages directed to the first identification information onthe display section and so as not to display, when an automatictelephone message is recorded in the first identification information inthe second mode, the report of the number of automatic telephonemessages directed to the first identification information on the displaysection and so as not to display the report of the number of automatictelephone messages directed to the second identification information onthe display section.